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Boyds, Washington

Boyds, Washington

This photograph, taken in 1915, shows a family outside of a railroad section house in Boyds. The community--named for early settler Adam Boyd--relocated to make way for Grand Coulee Dam, which inundated the original town site in 1942.

About this community

Dam
Grand Coulee Dam
River
Columbia River
Established
1860
Inundated
1942

The community that was displaced

Displacement cost
$15,237,857
Property value
$528,026
Vocations
farmer, fisherman, rancher
Birthplaces
local